Question 1

You are driving on a city street inside an urban district and no speed limit sign is posted anywhere. What speed does Texas law assume?

Accepted Answer

30 mph. Where a city street has no posted sign, Texas treats 30 mph as the lawful limit. Cities can post something different after a traffic study, but absent a sign, 30 is the number you are held to. Official wording: "30 miles per hour in an urban district on a street other than an alley and 15 miles per hour in an alley;" (Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 545 (Texas Legislature Online)).

Question 2

Before making a turn or coming to a stop, how far in advance does Texas expect you to be signalling?

Accepted Answer

At least 100 feet. Texas sets the signalling distance at a minimum of 100 feet of continuous signal. That gives drivers behind you time to read your intention and adjust before you slow down. Official wording: "Signal continuously for at least 100 feet before turning or stopping, and be sure to turn off your signal lights once your turn is complete." (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

Question 3

How close to a fire hydrant may you legally leave a parked car in Texas?

Accepted Answer

No closer than 15 feet. Fifteen feet is the clearance. It exists so a crew can run hose to the hydrant from either side without a parked car blocking the connection. Official wording: "Whether occupied or not, do not park or allow a vehicle to stand idling: In front of a public or private driveway; Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant; Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection; Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or other traffic control signal located at the side of a road; Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of entrance" (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

Question 4

Two cars reach a small residential intersection at the same moment. There are no signs, no signals, both roads are paved, and both have one lane each way. Who yields?

Accepted Answer

The driver who has the other car on their right. With nothing else to separate them, the car on the right has the right of way, so the driver with a car approaching on their right is the one who waits. Official wording: "When approaching this type of intersection, yield the right-of-way to any vehicle that has entered or is approaching the intersection on your right." (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

Question 5

A child passenger must ride in an approved child safety seat in Texas until which point?

Accepted Answer

Until age 8, unless the child is already taller than 4 feet 9 inches. The requirement runs to the eighth birthday, but a child who has reached 4 feet 9 inches may use the adult belt earlier. Height matters because a belt routed across a small child's neck and abdomen can cause its own injuries. Official wording: "Any child under 8 years old must be secured in a federally approved child car seat if occupying a seat in a vehicle equipped with a safety belt, unless the child is more than 4'9" tall." (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

Question 6

Which sign shape is used only to give advance warning that a no-passing zone is beginning?

Accepted Answer

A long, narrow pennant. The pennant shape is reserved for advance warning of a no-passing zone. Its odd tapering outline exists so it cannot be confused with anything else on the road. Official wording: "Pennant: Advance warning of no pass zones" (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

Question 7

A train is approaching and you must stop at a railway crossing. Where should your vehicle come to rest?

Accepted Answer

Between 15 and 50 feet from the nearest rail. The stopping window is 15 to 50 feet from the nearest rail. Closer than 15 feet and a passing train's overhang or debris can reach you; further than 50 and you cannot see down the track properly. Official wording: "When approaching a railroad grade crossing, stop between 15 and 50 feet from the nearest rail if: A clearly visible railroad signal warns of an approaching train" (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

Question 8

You are driving at night on an unlit rural road with your high beams on. A car appears coming the other way. When must you dip to low beam?

Accepted Answer

Within 500 feet of the approaching vehicle. Five hundred feet is the switching point for an oncoming vehicle. High beams at that range wash out the other driver's vision at exactly the moment you are closing on each other. Official wording: "Use your low beam headlights when: Within 500 feet of an approaching vehicle; Following closely (within 300 feet) behind another vehicle; Driving on lighted roads; Driving in fog, heavy rain, sleet, snow, or dust" (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

Question 9

A county has adopted the statutory limit for a county road running alongside a public beach. What is that limit?

Accepted Answer

15 mph. Fifteen mph applies on beaches and on county roads next to a public beach where the commissioners court has adopted it. Beach traffic mixes with people sitting, walking and playing on the same surface. Official wording: "on a county road adjacent to a public beach, 15 miles per hour, if declared by the commissioners court of the county." (Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 545 (Texas Legislature Online)).

Question 10

You are driving along a frontage road beside a freeway. A vehicle ahead is coming off the freeway exit ramp onto your frontage road. Who yields?

Accepted Answer

You do - frontage road traffic yields to vehicles entering or leaving the highway. Texas puts the yield obligation on the frontage road driver, both for traffic coming off the highway and for traffic heading onto it. Ramp traffic is arriving at speed with little room to stop. Official wording: "The driver traveling on a frontage road of a controlled-access highway must yield the right-of-way to a vehicle: Entering or about to enter the frontage road from the highway; and Leaving or about to leave the frontage road to enter the highway." (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

Question 11

A yellow sign shows your lane continuing while a second lane begins alongside it. What does it mean?

Accepted Answer

A lane is being added - you are not required to merge. This is the added lane sign. Two roads come together and an extra lane appears, so you can hold your lane - but watch for traffic settling into the new one. Official wording: "You are approaching a point where two roads come together and an additional lane begins. You are not required to merge." (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

Question 12

You are overtaking on a two-lane road. How much clearance must you have before an oncoming vehicle when you pull back in?

Accepted Answer

You must be back in your lane before an oncoming car is within 200 feet. Two hundred feet is the margin. At combined closing speeds on a two-lane road that gap disappears in barely more than a second, which is why the requirement is set that far out. Official wording: "Be sure you have enough time and space to overtake the car ahead and return to the right lane before an approaching car comes within 200 feet of you." (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

Question 13

A police car is stopped on the shoulder of a highway posted at 65 mph with its lights flashing, and you cannot change lanes safely. What speed must you slow to?

Accepted Answer

45 mph. The requirement is 20 mph below the posted limit when you cannot move over, so 65 minus 20 gives 45 mph. Official wording: "If an emergency medical vehicle, law enforcement vehicle, fire truck, tow truck, utility service vehicle, Texas Department of Transportation vehicle (TxDOT, or other highway construction or maintenance vehicle) is stopped on the road with its lights activated (the lights are on or flashing), then the driver is required: To reduce his/her speed to 20 mph below the speed limit; or Move out of the lane closest to the emergency medical vehicle, law enforcement vehicle, fire truck, tow truck or a TxDOT vehicle if the road has multiple lanes traveling in the same direction." (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

Question 14

On a one-way road with three lanes, two cars move into the centre lane at the same instant - one from the left lane, one from the right. Who yields?

Accepted Answer

The car coming from the right lane. On a road of three or more lanes running the same way, a vehicle entering a lane from the right gives way to one entering the same lane from the left. Official wording: "On a road divided into three or more lanes with traffic moving in the same direction, a vehicle entering a lane of traffic from the right must yield the right-of-way to a vehicle entering the same lane of traffic from the left." (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

Question 15

How far back from a stop sign, yield sign or flashing signal at the roadside may you not park?

Accepted Answer

Within 30 feet. Thirty feet on the approach. Parking closer hides the sign or signal from the drivers behind you, which defeats the point of having it. Official wording: "Whether occupied or not, do not park or allow a vehicle to stand idling: In front of a public or private driveway; Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant; Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection; Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or other traffic control signal located at the side of a road; Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of entrance" (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

Question 16

What are the minimum liability insurance amounts a Texas driver must carry?

Accepted Answer

$30,000 per injured person, $60,000 per crash, $25,000 property damage. Texas requires 30/60/25: $30,000 for injury or death of one person, $60,000 when two or more are hurt, and $25,000 for property damage. Official wording: "As of January 1, 2011, the minimum amount of liability insurance is: $30,000 against injury or death of one person; $60,000 against injury or death of two or more individuals; $25,000 against property damage" (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

Question 17

An orange triangle with a dark border is fixed to the back of a vehicle ahead. What does it tell you?

Accepted Answer

The vehicle is designed to travel at 25 mph or less. The slow-moving vehicle emblem marks anything built to travel at 25 mph or under - tractors, farm machinery, animal-drawn vehicles. Closing speed on a rural road catches drivers out badly. Official wording: "This emblem is required for all slow-moving vehicles. Slow-moving vehicles are those designed to operate at a maximum speed of 25 mph or less, and the term includes all vehicles, farm and other machinery, and any other road machinery drawn by either animals or slow moving motor vehicles." (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

Question 18

The stripes on a work-zone barricade ahead of you slope downward to the right. What are they indicating?

Accepted Answer

Bear right to pass the obstruction. Diagonal stripes point towards the side traffic should pass on. Falling to the right means bear right; falling to the left means bear left. Official wording: "Stripes sloping downward to the right means the driver should bear to the right." (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

Question 19

You are driving on an unpaved county road that meets a paved road. Nothing is signed at the junction. Who yields?

Accepted Answer

You do - unpaved gives way to paved. Texas puts the yield duty on the driver coming off the unpaved road. The paved route is presumed to be the through road, and it is also the one you may reach with less traction than you expected. Official wording: "If you are driving on an unpaved road that intersects with a paved road, you must yield the right-of-way to vehicles traveling on the paved road." (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

Question 20

A school bus that has passed its commercial vehicle inspection is travelling on a US-numbered highway outside an urban district. What is its default speed limit?

Accepted Answer

60 mph. Sixty mph applies to an inspected school bus on a state- or US-numbered rural highway, ten below the 70 mph limit for cars on the same road. Official wording: "60 miles per hour if the vehicle is a school bus that has passed a commercial motor vehicle inspection under Section 548.201 and is on a highway numbered by the United States or this state, including a farm-to-market road;" (Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 545 (Texas Legislature Online)).

Question 21

A fire truck ahead of you is running its lights and siren on the way to a call. How close may you legally follow?

Accepted Answer

No closer than 500 feet. You may not follow within 500 feet of a fire truck answering an alarm, or an ambulance running its red lights. Tailing one puts you inside its stopping zone and blocks other traffic trying to clear. Official wording: "You are not allowed to follow within 500 feet of a fire truck answering an alarm or an ambulance when the flashing red lights are on." (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

Question 22

You approach a marked crosswalk where a pedestrian hybrid beacon is showing alternating flashing red. What must you do?

Accepted Answer

Stop, then continue if the crosswalk is clear. Alternating flashing red behaves like a stop sign: stop, check the crossing, and go once it is clear. The pedestrian may already have finished crossing your half of the road.

Question 23

How far from the nearest rail of a railway crossing may you leave a parked vehicle?

Accepted Answer

No closer than 50 feet. Fifty feet from the nearest rail. It is a larger clearance than most parking rules because a train's overhang extends well past the rails and drivers need a clear view down the track. Official wording: "Do not park a vehicle, occupied or not, within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing." (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

Question 24

You are on a two-way frontage road and a vehicle ahead is preparing to leave it and enter the freeway. What does Texas require of you?

Accepted Answer

Yield to the vehicle entering the highway. Frontage road drivers yield both to vehicles coming off the highway and to vehicles leaving the frontage road to join it. The yield sits with the frontage road, in both directions of movement. Official wording: "The driver traveling on a frontage road of a controlled-access highway must yield the right-of-way to a vehicle: Entering or about to enter the frontage road from the highway; and Leaving or about to leave the frontage road to enter the highway." (Texas Driver Handbook DL-7 (January 2026)).

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